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Mason’s Safe Zone Program hosts workshops on issues facing the LGBTQ+ community, allyship, and learning resources.

�������� assistant professor of sociology Amaka Okechukwu has been named a 2020 Career Enhancement Fellow by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Okechukwu is one of 32 faculty members from across the nation to receive the award.

Dawn Hicks is Mason's November 2019 employee of the month.

What was once unfathomable became reality on July 20, 1969: astronauts landed on the moon. About 600 million people around the world watched live on television, transfixed as three Americans (two of whom stepped on the moon) ventured into uncharted territory and took “one giant leap for mankind.”

�������� has been a haven for Osipian, who is the first endangered scholar the university is hosting through its membership in the New University in Exile Consortium. He’s thankful to be at Mason—remaining in Ukraine was extra risky based on his academic background, he said.

Olga O’Brien, interim general manager for the Freedom Aquatic and Fitness Center, has been selected as Mason’s March Employee of the Month.

George Mason students, staff and faculty got their first looks at the newly renovated greenhouse that’s part of the school’s push toward improved sustainability.

��������’s Thomas Lovejoy was elected to the National Academy of Sciences this week, joining an elite group of 120 scholars recognized this year for their contributions to science and research.

Faculty/staff weekly announcements

In the first-ever donation of its kind, McLarty Associates is donating $15,000 to Mason's Office of Fellowships to help develop a course and programming to support students seeking to pursue careers in international affairs and public service.

Faculty/staff weekly announcements

Na’ama Gold is from Arad, Israel, and has been working in the United States for the past six years. She has led Mason Hillel for four of those years.